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128 STAT. 1982 PUBLIC LAW 113–186—NOV. 19, 2014 and developmental guidelines developed in accord- ance with this section; ‘‘(II) establish any criterion that specifies, defines, prescribes, or places conditions (outside of what is required by this subchapter) on a State adopting standards or measures that a State uses to establish, implement, or improve such guide- lines, related accountability systems, or alignment of such guidelines with education standards; or ‘‘(III) require a State to submit such guidelines for review. ‘‘(U) DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The plan shall demonstrate the manner in which the State will address the needs of children in child care services provided through pro- grams authorized under this subchapter, including the need for safe child care, for the period before, during, and after a state of emergency declared by the Gov- ernor or a major disaster or emergency (as such terms are defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)). ‘‘(ii) STATEWIDE CHILD CARE DISASTER PLAN.—Such plan shall include a statewide child care disaster plan for coordination of activities and collaboration, in the event of an emergency or disaster described in clause (i), among the State agency with jurisdiction over human services, the agency with jurisdiction over State emergency planning, the State lead agency, the State agency with jurisdiction over licensing of child care providers, the local resource and referral organizations, the State resource and referral system, and the State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care as provided for under section 642B(b) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9837b(b)). ‘‘(iii) DISASTER PLAN COMPONENTS.—The compo- nents of the disaster plan, for such an emergency or disaster, shall include— ‘‘(I) evacuation, relocation, shelter-in-place, and lock-down procedures, and procedures for communication and reunification with families, continuity of operations, and accommodation of infants and toddlers, children with disabilities, and children with chronic medical conditions; ‘‘(II) guidelines for the continuation of child care services in the period following the emergency or disaster, which may include the provision of emergency and temporary child care services, and temporary operating standards for child care pro- viders during that period; and ‘‘(III) procedures for staff and volunteer emer- gency preparedness training and practice drills. ‘‘(V) BUSINESS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The plan shall describe how the State will develop and implement strate- gies to strengthen the business practices of child care pro- viders to expand the supply, and improve the quality of, child care services.’’; VerDate Sep 11 2014 13:40 Nov 10, 2020 Jkt 039194 PO 00002 Frm 00558 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 G:\GSDD\STATUTES\2014\PT2\39194PT2.001 39194PT2 dkrause on LAP5T8D0R2PROD with DISTILLER (1)